41st Władysław Strzemiński Competition – Fine Arts
Special Award of the Katarzyna Napiórkowska Art Gallery in Brussels

The exhibition presents projects by Justyna Caputa from the Academy of Fine Arts of Władysław Strzemiński in Łódź.
The artist won a special award from the Katarzyna Napiórkowska Art Gallery in Brussels in the 41st Władysław Strzemiński Competition – Fine Arts in 2024.

Competition named after acknowledged artist Władysław Strzemiński is the most important competition in Łódź for debuting artists. It is addressed to students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź. This event has been held continuously since 1983. Its originator and long-term curator was Prof. Andrzej Gieraga. The competition’s jury includes outstanding artists, art critics, and prize funders invited by the Recotr of the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź . These include Marshal of the Łódź Voivodeship, Voivode of Łódź, and President of the City of Łódź.
In 2024, the Grand Prix of the competition was won by Maria Kosior.
In 2024, the Katarzyna Napiórkowska Art Gallery was invited to join the competition’s patrons and jury, awarding a prize as an exhibition.
Anita Biela, Justyna Danieluk, and Julia Grygorczyk were awarded an exhibition in Warsaw, and Justyna Caputa – with an exhibition in Brussels.

Justyna Caputa
Polish artist. Shee comes from Bielsko-Biała. She studies graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź. Her works are inspired by animal and plant motifs and children’s illustrations. She likes to combine collages of traditional graphics with crayons and paints

Plants of the Future. Justyna Caputa
open day: 7/6/2024 from 14.00 to 19.00
exhibition: until 3/7/2024
Katarzyna Napiórkowska Art Gallery
Mont des Arts 8, Brussels

Justyna Caputa about the Plants of the future series
“Plants of the future – drawn fabrics” are four unique compositions in which I wanted to express my concerns about what the world will look like in the future. The ongoing climate crisis was a starting point for me to imagine a world without organic plants. All that remains are objects that are a substitute for the flora on our planet.

I was inspired by the items sections in DIY stores. After seeing, touching, and studying them, I created proposals for various futuristic plants using crayons.

The plants themselves are intertwined, wild and untamed. They can grow on other plants, so the rules of our world no longer apply to them. The contrasting colours used in the works are intended to emphasize the nature of their expansion further. I hope I won’t live to see such a world.

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